Karl schiek



(No Model.)

' K. SGHIEK.

DOOR OPENER. No. 590,169. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

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KARL SCI-IIEK, OF STUTTGART, GERMANY.

DOOR-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,169, datedSeptember 14, 1897. Application filedDecember 29, 1896. Serial No.617,405- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, KARL SOHIEK, of Stuttgart, Kingdom of VViirtemberg,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Openers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for opening a door by means of thefoot; and it consists in the construction hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the arrangement attached toa door in elevation. Fig. 2 shows a partial view on a larger scale. Fig.3 shows a plan view from above, and Fig. 4: shows a detail.

A bar Z; passes through a longitudinal slot ct, provided underneath inthe door a. The said bar bears the step-plates c 0, one on each side ofthe door. The one plate ois connected to a lever (Z, which is attachedat d revolubly to the door. The plate 0 is, moreover, articulated bymeans of a rod e to the handle f. The connection of the rod 2 to thehandle f may be effected in any suitable manner. As shown inFig. 4, thismaybe done by hooking the rod to the handle.

If the user treads with the foot upon the one or the other of the plates0 c 011 the barb, working in the slot a, the handle or bolt of the doorWill open. In order that the door may be still further pressed 'uponthatis to say, may open farther by itself-there is a plate 9, fastenedeither at the top to the door or sidewise to the same, which bears aspring h, pressing against the door-post.

By means of the plates 0 c I am enabled to open the door from eitherside.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A door-opener consisting of a bar 1) extending through a slot in thelower part of the door, foot-plates c c on said bar at either side ofthe door, a lever d to carry said bar and foot-plates said lever beingpivotally attached to the door means for connecting the free end of saidlever to the handle-lever of the door-lock and means for pushin'gvthedoor open when the said foot-plates are depressed substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination of a bar Z) extending through a slot'in the lowerpart of the door, foot-plates c c at either side of the door attached tosaid bar, a lever cl to carry said bar and foot-plates, said lever beingpivotally attached to the door, means for connecting the free end ofsaid lever to the handle-lever of the door-lock and a spring attached tothe said door and adapted to press against the door-frame in the mannerand for the purpose substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

KARL SOHIEK. \Vitnesses:

KARL Boson, CHRISTIAN BAUER.

